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Better know a prokaryote

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Leif Larsen
One need only to look at the more than 100 pages of comments on Cbc.ca following the website’s story on the approval of the H1N1 vaccine to get a snapshot of public mistrust of...
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Dr. Know examines the fifth dimension . . . almost

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Dr. Know
Well hello again, dimensional ignoramus. I honestly didn’t expect to see you again after that last lesson; it was a doozy. Well, do not get overly cozy, you of hairy openings; this one’s going...
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What your colon and a butterfly have in common

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Leif Larsen
I sit in a lab in a state of disarray, full of unopened boxes, chemical containers and keepsakes from Kentucky, all artifacts of a recent move. Across from me is the department of biological...
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Nine, 10 never sleep again

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Jen Robinson
“In the middle of the night I woke up and tried to get out of bed. I was shocked, even terrified when I found that I was unable to move anything except for my...
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St. Amant staff: centre in need of nurses

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Amber Teres
St. Amant, a centre in Winnipeg that treats people with developmental disabilities, acquired brain injury and autism, is seeing a shortage of nurses, reported their staff. Bev Temple, a researcher with St. Amant and a...
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Globe survey shows students fairly satisfied with universities

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Ashley Gaboury
With the release of the Globe and Mail’s Canadian University Report, editor Simon Beck says the survey can be a useful tool for students to gain insight on both the quality of life on...
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International-post secondary briefs

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Morgan Modjeski
Women become the majority of students enrolled in university The University World News reported recently that Women are no longer the minority in attendance at post-secondary education. “Tertiary enrolment ratios of men and women reached...